99% of repository access tokens never expire
Developers, automated tools and AI coding agents hold permissions that can outlast the work they were granted for. Without access reviews, organizations can leave accounts …
Healthcare can’t govern the AI tools it hasn’t found yet
Nearly nine in ten healthcare leaders say security or compliance staff always or usually review AI-written code that touches patient data before it goes live, and seven in ten …
Companies are spending more on AI governance and getting less control
Companies are increasing their cybersecurity budgets, with AI security and governance the top priority for additional spending, followed by cloud security, according to …
Most consumers aren’t ready to let AI agents shop unsupervised
Customer control, account security and ease of use are influencing the adoption of AI agents that make purchases, book services and access personal information, according to …
Companies going all in on AI could see their strategy backfire
Four of the five highest-ranked enterprise risks in Gartner’s Quarterly Emerging Risk Report were AI-related. AI strategy miscalculation and AI-driven competitive displacement …
Fake IT help desk callers got by on little more than names and email addresses
Attackers posing as IT help desk staff contacted employees by phone, email and Microsoft Teams in the third quarter of 2026 and talked them into opening remote access …
Scammers rebuild fake shopping sites within hours of a takedown
One retail scam used more than 1,200 look-alike .shop domains sharing a single IP address. The sites reused HTML, JavaScript and payment-page designs intended to harvest card …
Smart TVs can harbor unpatched security flaws and track what you watch
Smart TVs and connected plugs accounted for a large share of recorded security weaknesses in household devices, according to Bitdefender’s 2026 IoT Security Landscape Report. …
IT bosses are confident they’ve found the certificates they don’t know about
Forty percent of 500 senior IT and security leaders surveyed for certificate authority Sectigo said they are very prepared for monthly TLS certificate renewals because …
Shame and sleepless nights haunt scam victims long after the money is gone
Scams and identity theft hurt people in different ways, and recovering involves much more than getting money back, according to ITRC’s 2026 Consumer Impact Report. Scam …
Stolen staff logins are spreading attacks between K-12 school districts
Last school year, 808 K-12 school organizations got some unwelcome news. The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) told them their staff accounts or …
NIST starts the countdown to retire quantum-vulnerable encryption
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a roadmap for moving to post-quantum cryptography (PQC), with earlier deadlines for certain sensitive …
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